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Forecasters expect the worst of the conditions to strike on Wednesday and Thursday with the north and west feared to be most at risk.

A Met Office yellow weather warning for wind is in place covering the whole of North Wales.

It comes into force from 9pm on Wednesday and remains in place until 1pm on Thursday.

Snow, ice and wind warnings for North Wales (Image: Met Office)

A spokesman said: “Very strong winds will affect parts of the UK during Wednesday night and into Thursday. The strongest winds are expected to transfer eastwards across the warning area before clearing by early afternoon.

“Road, rail and ferry services may be affected, with longer journey times and cancellations. There is also a possibility that some bridges may close. Power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage.

“Injuries and danger to life from flying debris are possible, along with some damage to buildings.

“In addition, large waves are expected to affect some western coasts with beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties.”

Weather experts said gusts will be 60-70mph in most of the warning area – but there is a “small chance” of speeds reaching 80mph,

A yellow weather warning for snow and ice is also in force from 4am on Tuesday until 11am on Wednesday.

The alert covers all of North Wales, bar Anglesey , with forecasters warning up to two inches (6cm) of snow could fall.

A Met Office spokesman said: “Showers will turn to sleet, snow and hail late on Monday night across northern England, and then affect parts of Wales and the Midlands Tuesday evening and overnight into Wednesday.

“Some roads and pavements will turn icy, with an increased likelihood of some accidents and injuries.”

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He added: “2-6 cm of snow may fall in places, especially on higher ground above 100-200m. A slushy cover of 1 or 2 cm seems more likely at lower levels and closer to the western coasts, some areas seeing very little or no snow.”

The Weather Channel warns that the wind chill factor will make it feel about 5C lower than the 8 to 10C in the south, 4 to 6C further north. 4 to 8C over Ireland and 2 to 4C over Scotland.

Stormy conditions are coming to North Wales (Image: Met Office)

A spokesman for The Weather Channel said: “A deep, extensive and slow moving area low pressure near Iceland and associated fronts will maintain mostly unsettled weather.

“The area of low pressure is expected to weaken towards Thursday in the vicinity of the Norwegian Sea.

“Nevertheless, it will dominate the weather during the week over the north-west of Europe where it will generally be wetter with temperature anomalies lowering to normal to below normal.”

Natural Resources Wales has also issued two flood alerts covering areas around the river Glaslyn and river Dwyryd, from Dyffryn Ardudwy to Nant Gwynant as well as areas around the rivers in North Gwynedd from Abergwyngregyn to Aberdaron.